NetSuite plays ball with the world of EDI, eCommerce, CRM

NetSuite plays ball with the world of EDI, eCommerce, CRM

Thursday, December 22, 2016Lindsay Hampson
NetSuite has hit many home runs over the years (even back when the company was still named NetLedger). The great Billy Beane (think MoneyBall), noted NetSuite’s ingenuity and joined their board of directors in the mid 2000’s. They have always been a company that based itself on quality, facts and instincts. And, they so brilliantly marketed and executed their plan that they were bought by Oracle in 2016.

Another home run.

Given the glowing reports many give NetSuite, it is easy to see why businesses choose NetSuite ERP and NetSuite One World for their accounting and resource management systems.

Passing NetSuite data to and from your vendors and 3PLs in order to trade

EDI Integration with NetSuite

Industries including retail, manufacturing, automotive, warehousing, food and beverage, sporting goods, to name a few, actually have a lot in common with baseball. One similarity is data. Another is acronyms. "EDI", or Electronic Data Interchange, is often a thorn in the side of these businesses. Selling products and services in Big Box, brick-and-mortar stores is lucrative. But, complying with order data field requirements is complex, ever changing and unique to each Big Box store.

Eliminate manual and duplicate entry. Employing bi-directional, automated integration between EDI trading partners and ERP systems provides some benefits that are "out of the park:"

Improved speed of data exchange

Improved data accuracy

Liberated valuable resources, like time and money

Improved operational efficiency

When vendor side trading, you need to source your products, submit your orders, and so on. NetSuite EDI integration is the solution.

Passing NetSuite data to and from your customers in order to sell

Your customers are complex:

You need to sell to your customers.

They are buying online and instore.

Some buy Wednesdays.

Some buy annually.

Some buy on Amazon.com.

Some drive to Home Depot and find the closet parking spot.

You need to know your customer.

And, you need to have your product available when they want to buy it.

Order data flow between NetSuite and EDI trading partners can be complex:

“If your business is at a point where you are doing a lot of manual data entry and you need automate processes, I would definitely recommend looking at eBridge Connections. Now that we have an integration solution in place, I can’t imagine operating without it.”

Eric Marquardt, LifeCORE Fitness

“I would definitely recommend eBridge Connections. I was impressed from the beginning of the process. Everyone was very professional, personable and easy to work with. Response to inquiries was very quick and communication was excellent.”

Heather Bowen, DeSantis Collection

“With our integrated eCommerce solution from eBridge Connections we can process orders quickly and accurately and have relevant information readily available when we communicate to the customer. It has been well worth the investment.”